The 2-4-CIX Display Team

Currently recruiting Tiger Moth display pilots -

2-4-CIX offers club members the chance to be part of a display team or to create a solo routine. 2-4-CIX will hold a display for the Club birthday celebrations each year, and at least one other public display annually.

2-4-CIX will cater for varying commitment and members will be allocated a role according to how much time they can give, and the aircraft type they are willing to fly. In order for 2-4-CIX to be flexible, members will be asked to take a check flight with an existing team member.

Any CIX VFR Club member can join 2-4-CIX, previous experience of display flying is not a prerequisite and the underlying principle is enjoyment. Feeling that you are not good enough to join is completely misplaced – the fact that you fly is the only entry requirement you need! However, CIX VFR Club has a deserved high reputation for GA flying and this is something that 2-4-CIX must emulate in its 2-4-CIX operations.

If you have limited availability then you may wish to consider performing a solo display, if you can give a little bit more time then why not join the Chipmunk or Tiger Moth formation groups. We hope to re-introduce the Tiger Moths and Rapide for pilots who are unable to practice as much as the Chipmunk drivers.

Formation flying is a mixed bag. From experience, any 2-4-CIX member has come to realise that the vast differences in aircraft position lag has a depressing outcome. You may think that you are perfectly formed up with an aircraft, but in reality that aircraft can be anything up to a mile in front and what the spectator sees can be anything in between. This is just a fact of 2-4-CIX life and will affect some more than others.

If you are part of a formation group, then that group will have an appointed Flight Group Leader. The Flight Group Leader will be responsible for organising practice times, will chair discussions about display routines for his group and be responsible for implementing 2-4-CIX procedures for display work. This will ensure that things keep moving and a guide to a Flight Group Leader's responsibilities can be found here.

The role of Display Director is open to anyone. If you would like to organise a display at any airfield, then you are free to do so, a Display Director briefing document is available here.

The present 2-4-CIX Hangar and Pilot Roster
Aircraft	Callsign	Pilot/s	Home Base	Current Location	Flights	Total Time
Civilian Aerobatics
Chipmunk	CHIP1*	Seat available	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Chipmunk	CHIP2*	Max Symons	Kidlington	EGHR	3	1:44
Chipmunk	CHIP3*	Don Johnson	Kidlington	EGBJ	24	17:25
Chipmunk	CHIP4*	Dennis Hardy	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Chipmunk	CHIP5*	Mel Kirk	Kidlington	EGBJ	15	17:09
Chipmunk	CHIP6*	Andrew Larkins	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Tiger Moth	G-CXTA*	Adam Bates	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Tiger Moth	G-CXTB*	Basil Hancock	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Tiger Moth	G-CXTC*	Seat available	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Tiger Moth	G-CXTD*	Peter Dodds	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Tiger Moth	G-CXTE*	Seat available	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Tiger Moth	G-CXTF*	Seat available	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Rapide	G-AGTM	Bill Anderson	Coventry	Coventry	0	0:00
Military/Historical New Callsigns -textures and livery codes will change at some point
Lancaster	R5868	Peter Dodds/Bill Anderson	Cranfield	Farnborough EGLF	10	8:25
Hurricane	G-HUPW	Steve Banks	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Hurricane	G-BKTH	Seat available	Shuttleworth	Shuttleworth	0	0:00
Hurricane	G-HURI	Ivan Rogers	Duxford	EGSP	3	1:21
Hurricane	G-HHII	Seat available	North Weald	North Weald	0	0:00
Spitfire Mk1	G-AIST	Adam Bates	Booker	EGKA	43	29:25
Spitfire Mk9	G-ASJV	Basil Hancock/Adam Bates	Duxford	Duxford	0	0:00
Spitfire Mk9	G-XICC	Seat available	Duxford	Duxford	0	0:00
Spitfire Mk14	G-SPIT	Seat available	Duxford	Duxford	0	0:00
Spitfire Mk14	G-OXVI	Bill Anderson	Audley End	Audley End	0	0:00
Dakota C47	G-DAKS	Basil Hancock	North Weald	North Weald	0	0:00
Hudson	G-LHUD*	Seat available	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Bristol Fighter	G-AEPH	Seat available	Shuttleworth	Shuttleworth	0	0:00
Auster Terrier	G-ASMZ	Steve Banks	Eggesford	EGSK Hethel	8	8:20
Mosquito	G-MOSQ*	Tony Driver	Kidlington	EGKA Shoreham	6	3:15
Flying Fortress	G-BEDF	Adam Bates	Duxford	Duxford	0	0:00
Mustang	G-SIJJ	Seat available	North Weald	North Weald	0	0:00
Mustang	G-BCTD	Ivan Rogers	Duxford	Duxford	0	0:00
Warhawk	G-KITT	Adam Bates/Alex Robinson	North Weald	North Weald	0	0:00
Thunderbolt	G-CDWH	Adam Bates/Alex Robinson	Duxford	Duxford	0	0:00
Heinkell H111	G-HKLL	Seat available	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
Bf109E	G-CDTI	Seat Available	Jersey	Jersey	0	0:00
Bf109F	G-MSCF*	Adam Bates	Kidlington	Kidlington	0	0:00
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN1*	John Cronan	Valley	egov	216	288:00
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN2*	Jim Cartwright	Valley	EGGP	80	108:40
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN3*	David Buderium	Valley	EGPP	119	101:33
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN4*	Simon Marshall	Valley	EGDX	1	0:36
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN5*	Mark Youhill	Valley	Valley	0	0:00
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN6*	Seat available	Valley	Valley	0	0:00
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN7*	Seat available	Valley	Valley	0	0:00
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN8*	Seat available	Valley	Valley	0	0:00
BAe HAWK	JAVLIN9*	Seat available	Valley	Valley	0	0:00

Callsigns with an '*' are fictional aircraft. Current location script not implemented yet.

To see these aircraft you must have the correct online models - see the Online Models page

PIREPS are submitted in the usual CIX way.

When submitting a 2-4-CIX related PIREP, please put 2-4-CIX on the first line in the comments section.

Your callsign must be one used within 2-4-CIX (see 2-4-CIX Hangar above), this will enable us to update your time on type.

With the re launch of 2-4-CIX, we think it would be nice to add a classic feel to our operations and would encourage members to consider gaining a type rating on some classic British aircraft. See this website for some inspiration!

Please let me know if you can offer something from the classic stable.

Gaining a Type Rating is a simple affair. All we ask for is a minimum of 120 clock minutes on type and the submission of the following FSRecorder files or online appraisals:

FSRecorder file or online appraisal which demonstrates a take off, 2 touch and go's followed by a full stop landing.
FSRecorder file or online appraisal which demonstrates a straightforward formation flight with another aircraft which involves keeping station with it on the port, starboard and rear. An FSRecorder file will be available for you to use as traffic, or you can simply use a previous recording you have made and follow yourself!

DA1
Able to do a straight and level formation flypast - min 500ft AGL

DA2
Able to do simple formation manoeuvres with bank angles no more than 30 degrees - min 400ft AGL

DA3
Able to do formation manoeuvres including wing overs with a bank angle up to 60 degrees - min 300ft AGL

DA4
Able to do formation manoeuvres with unlimited pitch and bank angles - min 200ft AGL

A table will appear here with type ratings / clock minutes and DA's created dynamically from PIREPS

Pilots please note that your Type Rating and Display Authorisation will lapse if you have not flown a type for more than 2 months. A Type Rating can be kept up to date by any filed PIREP on type, even a simple circuit counts.

Display Director (pdf)
Flight Group Leader (pdf)
Solo Pilot (pdf)
Flight Group Radio Procedures (pdf)

Previous 2-4-CIX pages:
2007
2008

2-4-CIX Chipmunk works in both FS9 and FSX
2-4-CIX Tiger Moth works in both FS9 and FSX